By John H. Foote Once called “the conscience of American film” by George C. Scott, who accepted their award for his performance in Patton (1970) but refused to accept the Oscar, the New York Film Critics Circle announced their winners for the very bizarre movie year that has been 2020. Just one year ago the…
By John H. Foote Quentin Tarantino, ego firmly present, once remarked “film directing is definitely a young man’s job.” What a stupid statement from a man who should, WHO SHOULD, know better! His composer for The Hateful Eight (2015) was nearly 90 when he won an Oscar for his score on that film. Or are…
By John H. Foote In 1937, when 10 films were being nominated for Best Picture, MGM had five films nominated for Best Picture, winning with The Great Ziegfeld. It was a banner year, and in 83 years no one has tied that record. Now in fairness the number of nominees was dropped to five in…
By John H. Foote The answer is absolutely. The late actor, who passed away August 28 after a quiet, dignified battle with cancer, could very well be a double nominee this year, earning nominations for Best Actor in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and for Best Supporting Actor for his superb, haunting performance in Da Five…
By John H. Foote After the streaming service leaped into the production business in 2015 with the critically acclaimed Beasts of No Nation, which earned critical acclaim and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor for actor Idris Elba, Netflix was taken seriously. They were, however, not necessarily feared or even taken as…
By John H. Foote In what has to be the stunner of the season, the long awaited, highly anticipated Dune, directed by the great Oscar nominated Denis Villeneuve, has been bumped to October 2021. Originally to open to December, the science fiction remake of the David Lynch bomb has been bumped just under a year.…
By John H. Foote Hollywood took a major hit yesterday with the cancellation of three major films, one of then an Oscar front runner directed by an industry giant. Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated remake of the Oscar winning film and Broadway smash West Side Story has been postponed an entire year, pushed back to 2021.…
It is with profound regret and deep sadness that we announce the passing of Nick Maylor, one of our original writers and the producer of our podcast at Foote and Friends on Film. Nick passed away last week. Nick encountered John H. Foote as a student at the Toronto Film School, where Nick was often seen…
By John H. Foote (?) Another film I have heard much about by reading the reviews from other festivals but again Elevation has bullied the festival into. No press and industry screenings, meaning the studio controls who sees the film, banning (yes, I said that) those they are withholding the film from. So I cannot…
By John H. Foote (?) I am told this is a masterful film. I WOULD NOT KNOW BECAUSE ELEVATION REFUSED TO HAVE PRESS AND INDUSTRY SCREENINGS. NOR WOULD THEY PROVIDE ME WITH LINKS OR SCREENERS TO SEE THE FILM. SO A STUDIO IS DICTATING TO THE FESTIVAL THAT THEY CANNOT SHOW THE FILM TO THE…